In Sikhism, is there a Soul? Who created the Soul? Who controls the Soul?

There can be millions question on this question but I am looking for personal answers.
Where was the soul before the birth? Where will it go after one die? Does every living thing have soul? Humans, animals and vegetation
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Veera personally I don't recall, one day I will know the answer, but then I won't have time for the question.

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Seeker3k ji,

Guru Fateh.

First of all I want to thank you for the intriguing questions. In order for all of us to interact and find the answers, I have a couple of questions for you for elaboration and clarification. I hope you do not mind responding to them so we can make this thread interesting where more people can participate and share their views.

What is Soul for you as a person and what has been your understanding of Soul?

Have your views regarding the Soul changed with time, knowledge and age? If they have, then in what way?

Thanks & regards

Tejwant Singh

I will share some personal thoughts with the disclaimer that I may not explain them as clearly as I would like as I am still thinking this through, and hope to develop my understanding with help from other posters...so please bear with me ...

For now, all I would say is that when talking about the Soul, it is easy to personify it or give it attributes of another kind of species. To me it's a kind of Energy of the same kind as the Original Source that it came from. Like other kinds of energy (e.g wind, solar, nuclear etc) there are things you have to do to access and harness this Energy....but the technology is completely different....call it a "Spirtual technology" if you like

And just as you experience things when you access the other forms of energy, e.g heat, noise etc when you access this Energy, you may experience things like light, sounds, colours etc when you meditate
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So that's some scene setting...

Now to the specific questions in this thread which I will attempt to answer as best as I can..but I will cheat with one answer....in Physics (First Law of Thermodynamics), Energy can be neither created nor destroyed. It can only change forms
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=37159

Where was the soul before the birth?
Where will it go after one die?

When the physical body dies the Soul Energy moves to another physical body


Does every living thing have soul? Humans, animals and vegetation?

I believe this Soul Energy is present in all living things


I look forward to reading further posts on this thread, including some thoughts from Brother Seeker 3k Ji as to his understanding of the Soul and how he would answer the questions he set

First of all, mind asks the questions about Soul but Soul is beyond the mind.
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Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=37159

In Sikhism, an individual is referred as Jeev, (Plural - JeeaaN as Sabhna JeeaaN Ka Ek Daata....)
The translation of Jeev is Soul or Soul-Bride.
Thus it appears in Sikhism that Gurbani refers to us as Souls but also advises the mind to follow the Guru's teachings and not be misled by Maya's snares.

This question has been bothering me for a while.

My current thought is there is no personal soul as in unique energy-being which is transferred from one living host to another via death/rebirth.
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As everything on Earth (including our bodies) is made of carbon which has been here since the earth began (with additions from space every now and then), I feel the same is true for souls, which like Seeker9 ji said, is an energy. It's the morsel of jyot which is infused in everything. It is not unique to your personality, when YOU die, YOU die, your molecules are re-circulated into creation and your jyot is re-circulated. Like a drop of water, it goes back into the ocean, from whence drops emerge.

It's a cold idea because everyone wants to have eternal life which is provided by the soul. Everyone wants to think their essence will continue on. People like the idea of the bad guy's soul being punished some how, especially when he's avoided his punishment in life.
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=37159

At the very least, honestly we don't know and can only speculate.

My personal thoughts and they have no foundation in Gurbani at this stage.

This is forum I will not get into debate. You can post your thoughts if you don’t have personal experience

Seeker3k ji,

Guru Fateh.

I do not know where you got this notion about debate. No body is debating here. I simply asked you your understanding about the meaning of soul so I can understand it better. It is you who has put the question about soul.

So, let's work on this together.

Thanks & regards

Tejwant Singh